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ERT LITHOGRAPHING C0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

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CHAR LES H.

oAssiDAY, or euinannnrnin, rnNNsYINANIA,Y Asslenon ,'ro LHIMsELF WILsGNJEWELL, AND .msnen WHITE, or THE 'SAME PLAGE.

Letters APaten No. 85,212, dated December 22, 1868.`

The Schedule referred tQ in these Letters Patent and making pmt of 'thesame.

vTo'wll whom/,12t- /mu/y concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H.GAssinAr, ot'Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. have invented an improved Toy;and I do herebyY declare the following to be a full, clear, .and exactdescription oi' the same.

My invention consists of an velast-iciiarne, of stout wire or equivalentmato; inl, bent and arranged, as fully dESGIihedhereal'ter for thereception oa top can either ne held in the said frame while spinning, or

be released from the saine, so that it may spin upon a it is notnecessary that it should be maintained in the iioor or table. In orderto enable others to make and apply'iuy inr'vention, I will now proceedto describe the mode of constructing and using the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, which formsa part of thisspecification, and -in which- A Figure l isa side view of my improvedtoy, and Figure 2 is also a side view with part of the toy -in adi'erent position. v

A is au ordinary humming-top, made in the present "instance of metal,and having its spindle B.extending entirely through it, and pointed atboth ends.

D is aframe, of stout wire, of the form, or approxi mating to the formshown in the drawing, the opp0' site ends a and a of which are crossed=at a', and aref` nearly parallel to each other, the end, a, beingprovided with a suitable handle, F.

Two socketsfi-fi7 are formed in the frame D, at points opposite to eachother, for the reception of the. pointed ends of the spindle B of thetop, (see tig. 1,) and that part of the flame adjacent to the socket i,in which the lowerI end of the spindle turns, is so shaped that ampleroom shall be afforded for the cord, which is wound upon this portion ofthe spindle for the purpose .of spinning the top.

vertical position shown in lig. 1,'as it Will spin equally well whenheld in any other position; but when it is to be released, in order thatit may spin apart from 'the said frame, upon a floor or table, it shouldbe held vertically, as seen in fig. 2. The ltop is released-by drawingthe ends a and 'a' of the elasticfame towards each other, and thusspreading the sockets sufficiently to permit the escape from the'same ofthe pointed ends of the spindle.v (See tig. 2.) i

In order to return the top to the fra-nie, the sockets are sepalated inthe same manner, and then permitted to spring .on to the ends of thespindle.

1 claim'as my invention, and 'desire to secure by v Letters Patent- Thespring-frame D, arranged for the-reception and the retention orreleasing ot' a top, substantially as Y specified In testimony whereof,1have signed my name to this specification, in the' presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. GASSIDAY Witnesses JOHN WHITE, HARRY SMITH.

